diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0981dafca..fc7e452c9 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ edition = "2018"
 [workspace]
 members = [
   "./",
+  "actix-codec",
   "actix-service",
 ]
 
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ cell = []
 [dependencies]
 actix = "0.7.6"
 actix-service = "0.1.1"
+actix-codec = { path = "actix-codec" }
 
 log = "0.4"
 num_cpus = "1.0"
diff --git a/actix-codec/CHANGES.md b/actix-codec/CHANGES.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aefde3cd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/actix-codec/CHANGES.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Changes
+
+## [0.1.0] - 2018-12-09
+
+* Move codec to separate crate
diff --git a/actix-codec/Cargo.toml b/actix-codec/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..104527f0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/actix-codec/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+[package]
+name = "actix-codec"
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors = ["Nikolay Kim <fafhrd91@gmail.com>"]
+description = "Utilities for encoding and decoding frames"
+keywords = ["network", "framework", "async", "futures"]
+homepage = "https://actix.rs"
+repository = "https://github.com/actix/actix-net.git"
+documentation = "https://docs.rs/actix-codec/"
+categories = ["network-programming", "asynchronous"]
+license = "MIT/Apache-2.0"
+exclude = [".gitignore", ".travis.yml", ".cargo/config", "appveyor.yml"]
+edition = "2018"
+workspace = "../"
+
+[lib]
+name = "actix_codec"
+path = "src/lib.rs"
+
+[dependencies]
+bytes = "0.4"
+futures = "0.1.24"
+tokio-io = "0.1"
+tokio-codec = "0.1"
+log = "0.4"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/codec/bcodec.rs b/actix-codec/src/bcodec.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/codec/bcodec.rs
rename to actix-codec/src/bcodec.rs
diff --git a/src/codec/framed.rs b/actix-codec/src/framed.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/codec/framed.rs
rename to actix-codec/src/framed.rs
diff --git a/src/codec/framed2.rs b/actix-codec/src/framed2.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/codec/framed2.rs
rename to actix-codec/src/framed2.rs
diff --git a/src/codec/framed_read.rs b/actix-codec/src/framed_read.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/codec/framed_read.rs
rename to actix-codec/src/framed_read.rs
diff --git a/src/codec/framed_write.rs b/actix-codec/src/framed_write.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/codec/framed_write.rs
rename to actix-codec/src/framed_write.rs
diff --git a/src/codec/mod.rs b/actix-codec/src/lib.rs
similarity index 80%
rename from src/codec/mod.rs
rename to actix-codec/src/lib.rs
index 7674cdf53..c1ec4cde8 100644
--- a/src/codec/mod.rs
+++ b/actix-codec/src/lib.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 //! [`Stream`]: #
 //! [transports]: #
 
-#![deny(missing_docs, missing_debug_implementations, warnings)]
+// #![deny(missing_docs, missing_debug_implementations, warnings)]
 
 mod bcodec;
 mod framed;
@@ -23,3 +23,6 @@ pub use self::framed::{Framed, FramedParts};
 // pub use self::framed2::{Framed2, FramedParts2};
 pub use self::framed_read::FramedRead;
 pub use self::framed_write::FramedWrite;
+
+pub use tokio_codec::{Decoder, Encoder};
+pub use tokio_io::{AsyncRead, AsyncWrite};
diff --git a/src/framed.rs b/src/framed.rs
index e65489209..c1385ddd4 100644
--- a/src/framed.rs
+++ b/src/framed.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ use std::marker::PhantomData;
 use std::mem;
 
 use actix;
+use actix_codec::Framed;
 use actix_service::{IntoNewService, IntoService, NewService, Service};
 use futures::future::{ok, FutureResult};
 use futures::unsync::mpsc;
@@ -10,8 +11,6 @@ use futures::{Async, AsyncSink, Future, Poll, Sink, Stream};
 use tokio_codec::{Decoder, Encoder};
 use tokio_io::{AsyncRead, AsyncWrite};
 
-use crate::codec::Framed;
-
 type Request<U> = <U as Decoder>::Item;
 type Response<U> = <U as Encoder>::Item;
 
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 7e99b8afd..fa0fe04fc 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 
 mod cell;
 pub mod cloneable;
-pub mod codec;
 pub mod connector;
 pub mod counter;
 pub mod either;